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RFC 1035 - 3.2.2. TYPE values

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### 3.2.2. TYPE values

TYPE fields are used in resource records. Note that these types are a subset of QTYPEs.

TYPE | value and meaning
A | 1 a host address
NS | 2 an authoritative name server
MD | 3 a mail destination (Obsolete - use MX)
MF | 4 a mail forwarder (Obsolete - use MX)
CNAME | 5 the canonical name for an alias
SOA | 6 marks the start of a zone of authority
MB | 7 a mailbox domain name (EXPERIMENTAL)
MG | 8 a mail group member (EXPERIMENTAL)
MR | 9 a mail rename domain name (EXPERIMENTAL)
NULL | 10 a null RR (EXPERIMENTAL)
WKS | 11 a well known service description
PTR | 12 a domain name pointer
HINFO | 13 host information
MINFO | 14 mailbox or mail list information
MX | 15 mail exchange
TXT | 16 text strings

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